My questions pertains to “bandwidth”, I need to find out all the details including pricing if possible regarding “bandwidth”. Not my costs as a home user of bandwidth when I surf the web, but the costs & details involved prior to my using it. I “don’t” need any details about routers, hubs, networks, bridges, lans, atm, switches or any other technical details, just who supplies it & at what costs, price breakdowns if possible, any volume discounts & their breakdowns .
To further explain, I live in Canada & their are 954 registered Internet providers, of that their are 5 main ones (largest) they are Shaw communications, Telus inc, Sympatico, Roger’s & Videotron.
If I use Sympatico as my example (my ISP) I know my bandwidth cost by doing the math.
I don’t know Sympatico’s costs or any volume discounts they get.
I do know that Bell Nexxia provides them with bandwidth but not the costs involved.
Bell Canada is the parent company of both Sympatico & Bell Nexxia
Bell Nexia beingthe wholesale arm
Sympatico being the retail arm
Bell Canada owns all the telephone infrustucture or at least most of it in Canada their are several others, but they don’t own much compared to Bell Canada.
So of course the other 949 ISP’s in Canada have to buy their bandwidth from Bell Nexxia (Bell Canada), AT&T, Telus or CALL-net Enterprises, there are others but these are the main ones. As well they pay a set monthly fee for each of their subscribers to whomever’s infrustructure their running on, this fee is regulated by our Federal government, part of their plan to keep competition alive in the telephone Internet market, you should laugh right here HAHAHA…